Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act of 2017Short Titles as IntroducedA bill to reinstate reporting requirements related to United States-Hong Kong relations.Official Title as IntroducedHong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act of 2017Display TitleHong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act of 2017(Extracted from GPO) Short Titles as Introduced1122017-02-16Foreign Relations Committeessfr000SenateRead twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.IntroReferral100009Library of CongressIntroReferralIntroduced in Senate2017-02-16115Identical billCRSHRReferred to the Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific.2017-11-29Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act of 201738561152018-09-19T14:30:12ZRead twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.2017-02-16SInternational AffairsAdministrative law and regulatory proceduresArt, artists, authorshipAsiaBooks and print mediaChinaCongressional oversightCriminal investigation, prosecution, interrogationDepartment of the TreasuryDetention of personsElections, voting, political campaign regulationEuropeForeign laborForeign propertyHigher educationHong KongHuman rightsInternational exchange and broadcastingInternational law and treatiesInternational organizations and cooperationNews media and reportingPolitical movements and philosophiesPresidents and presidential powers, Vice PresidentsProtest and dissentReligionSanctionsSovereignty, recognition, national governance and statusUnited KingdomVisas and passportsWar and emergency powersARTomTrueC00109520982017-02-16Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR]C001095CottonRMDBENJAMINTrueC00014117482872017-02-16Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD]C000141CARDINL.DSenate2017-02-17T09:06:58Z2017-02-16RubioMarcoFLSen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]2084R0005958242RR000595Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act of 20171.0.02017-02-16T19:55:14ZReferred toSenateStandingForeign Relations Committeessfr00002017-02-16Introduced in SenateIntroduced in Senate2017-04-06T20:15:11Z2017-02-16T05:00:00ZHong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Actof 2017

This bill amends the United States-Hong Kong Policy Act of 1992 to direct the Department of State to report to Congress (within 90 days and annually thereafter through 2023) on conditions in Hong Kong that are of U.S. interest.

Such report shall include matters in which Hong Kong is given separate treatment under U.S. laws from that accorded to China.

The State Department shall certify to Congress annually whether Hong Kong is sufficiently autonomous to justify separate treatment different from that accorded to China in any new laws, agreements, treaties, or arrangements entered into between the United States and Hong Kong.

The President shall identify persons responsible for: (1) the surveillance, abduction, detention, or forced confessions of certain booksellers and journalists in Hong Kong; and (2) other actions suppressing basic freedoms.

The bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to deny U.S. entry to identified individuals and revoke visas or other entry documentation.

Entry, work, or study visa applicants who resided in Hong Kong in 2014 shall not be denied visas on the basis of the applicant's arrest or detention or other adverse government action taken as a result of participation in the nonviolent protest activities related to Hong Kong's electoral process.

The President shall freeze the U.S.-based assets of identified individuals.

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